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Thursday, July-06-2017

LAHORE: (PakissaNews) Pakistan’s Super Basmati rice is likely to get benefit from the new European Union curbs on use of chemical as it is bound to adversely affect imports of Indian rice into EU due to heavy use of agro-chemicals.

The European Commission has recently brought down in basmati rice the maximum residue limit (MRL) level for Tricyclazole, a fungicide used by farmers against a disease, to 0.01 mg per kg from the next year. This was done for all countries.

"The EU has virtually imposed ban on import of Indian basmati rice by reducing 100-fold the import tolerance level of 'Tricyclazole'. It is not possible to bring down the pesticide level all of a sudden to nearly zero," said Vijay Sethia, President AIREA, and Indian rice trade body.

"Pakistan exports 'Super' variety of aromatic rice and it does not use Tricyclazole on its crop and is looking at the opportunity to ship more from January 2018, he added. India, the world's top rice exporter, acknowledged a leading Indian rice trader.

Ahead of the visit of an Indian delegation to the EU to resolve the basmati rice issue, grain exporters body AIREA today said tough norms by the European Commission will hit the exports badly as the trade worth over Rs 1,700 crore could shift to Pakistan.

Anticipating huge negative impact on rice trade, the Indian government has decided to send a team to visit Brussels, Belgium, on July 12 to discuss the matter. Two aromatic India basmati rice varieties -- PB1 and 1401 -- are maximum exported to the EU. The shipments of these varieties with Tricyclazole MRL at 0.03 mg per kg were earlier accepted so far from India.

If the government does not take up the issue with the EU, basmati rice exporter Kohinoor Foods Joint Managing Director Gurnam Arora said: "Our business worth over Rs 1,700 crore will shift to Pakistan, which also exports aromatic rice to the EU.

The new EU norms are unjust and one sided and not in the interest of farmers." Pakistan exports 'Super' variety of aromatic rice and it does not use Tricyclazole on its crop and is looking at the opportunity to ship more from January 2018, he added.

India, the world's top rice exporter, shipped 3.5 lakh tonnes valuing Rs 1,744 crore of basmati rice to the EU in 2016-17. The country's basmati rice exports to the EU comprise 10 per cent of the total 40 lakh tonnes undertaken annually, as per the industry data.

LAHORE: (PakissaNews) Pakistan’s Super Basmati rice is likely to get benefit from the new European Union curbs on use of chemical as it is bound to adversely affect imports of Indian rice into EU due to heavy use of agro-chemicals.

The European Commission has recently brought down in basmati rice the maximum residue limit (MRL) level for Tricyclazole, a fungicide used by farmers against a disease, to 0.01 mg per kg from the next year. This was done for all countries.

"The EU has virtually imposed ban on import of Indian basmati rice by reducing 100-fold the import tolerance level of 'Tricyclazole'. It is not possible to bring down the pesticide level all of a sudden to nearly zero," said Vijay Sethia, President AIREA, and Indian rice trade body.

"Pakistan exports 'Super' variety of aromatic rice and it does not use Tricyclazole on its crop and is looking at the opportunity to ship more from January 2018, he added. India, the world's top rice exporter, acknowledged a leading Indian rice trader.

Ahead of the visit of an Indian delegation to the EU to resolve the basmati rice issue, grain exporters body AIREA today said tough norms by the European Commission will hit the exports badly as the trade worth over Rs 1,700 crore could shift to Pakistan.

Anticipating huge negative impact on rice trade, the Indian government has decided to send a team to visit Brussels, Belgium, on July 12 to discuss the matter. Two aromatic India basmati rice varieties -- PB1 and 1401 -- are maximum exported to the EU. The shipments of these varieties with Tricyclazole MRL at 0.03 mg per kg were earlier accepted so far from India.

If the government does not take up the issue with the EU, basmati rice exporter Kohinoor Foods Joint Managing Director Gurnam Arora said: "Our business worth over Rs 1,700 crore will shift to Pakistan, which also exports aromatic rice to the EU.

The new EU norms are unjust and one sided and not in the interest of farmers." Pakistan exports 'Super' variety of aromatic rice and it does not use Tricyclazole on its crop and is looking at the opportunity to ship more from January 2018, he added.

India, the world's top rice exporter, shipped 3.5 lakh tonnes valuing Rs 1,744 crore of basmati rice to the EU in 2016-17. The country's basmati rice exports to the EU comprise 10 per cent of the total 40 lakh tonnes undertaken annually, as per the industry data.